The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 is the first central legislation banning real-money online gaming, including fantasy sports and e-sports played for stakes and has faced challenges before the Delhi, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh high courts

xNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will hear on November 4 a batch of transferred petitions challenging an online gaming law which prohibits "online money games" and bars banking services and advertising related to them. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said this after the issue was mentioned by senior advocates C Aryaman Sundaram and Arvind P Datar who appeared for petitioners before the highs courts.

Sundaram submitted that the matters were earlier directed to be mentioned before

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